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standby plane ticket
- Thread starter mylife
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huh? i just want to buy a standby plane ticket, not a voucher or anything.
on a side note, i've written complaint emails to the airlines from my last 5 flights. usually they don't even look into it and just give you an aircheck or a voucher. i got 3 air checks and 2 free plane tickets.
on a side note, i've written complaint emails to the airlines from my last 5 flights. usually they don't even look into it and just give you an aircheck or a voucher. i got 3 air checks and 2 free plane tickets.
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KAYNE
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STANDBY BASICALLY MEANS IF THEIR IS A SPOT ON THE PLANE, YOU WILL GET IT BUT IF IT IS FULL, YOU WILL NOT. THERE IS DIFFERENT KINDS OF STANDBY TICKETS YOU CAN GET THOUGH.
I TRAVEL STANDBY SOMETIMES BUT I GET THE ONES WHERE I'M GUARANTEED A SEAT. I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW THEY WORK. I GET TICKETS CHEAP AS HELL SO I DONT COMPLAIN.
FLEW TO L.A. FROM NEW ORLEANS FOR 120$.
KAYNE
I TRAVEL STANDBY SOMETIMES BUT I GET THE ONES WHERE I'M GUARANTEED A SEAT. I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW THEY WORK. I GET TICKETS CHEAP AS HELL SO I DONT COMPLAIN.
FLEW TO L.A. FROM NEW ORLEANS FOR 120$.
KAYNE
this is how i do it...
go to the airlines website and find the link to email them.
write the email the night your return flight gets back or the next morning. (they'll think you're more pissed sicne you complained so quickly)
my emails usually look like this....
Dear _____ Airlines Representative,
I am a frequent traveller who recently purchased roundtrip tickets from _______ to _______ through your airline. (give cities and flight numbers)
then i go on to complain about anything and everything. whether it be departure/arrival time being late, delays, temp in the plane, service, boarding procedures, etc.
then...
While I was pleased with the convenience and accessibility of using your airline I'm disappointed in the difficulties that occurred because of _____. I would enjoy the oppurtunity to fly through your airline again, blah blah blah. (just be courteous)
so do you have any idea how much a standby ticket might be?
go to the airlines website and find the link to email them.
write the email the night your return flight gets back or the next morning. (they'll think you're more pissed sicne you complained so quickly)
my emails usually look like this....
Dear _____ Airlines Representative,
I am a frequent traveller who recently purchased roundtrip tickets from _______ to _______ through your airline. (give cities and flight numbers)
then i go on to complain about anything and everything. whether it be departure/arrival time being late, delays, temp in the plane, service, boarding procedures, etc.
then...
While I was pleased with the convenience and accessibility of using your airline I'm disappointed in the difficulties that occurred because of _____. I would enjoy the oppurtunity to fly through your airline again, blah blah blah. (just be courteous)
so do you have any idea how much a standby ticket might be?
Zerxes
New member
Standby can be a bitch if you are trying to get onto a flight that is always booked. For instance, I was in dire need to come home from Southern California a few years back, and decided to drive to Vegas to get a cheaper rate on a standby tix and fly out of there. BAD MOVE! I waited two day & two nights in that mofo until I got mine & my girls asses on a flight. My uncle works for USAIR, and can get plane tix reserved immediately for only the taxes payed on a regular rate, but it has to be standby. I wish I would've had some bribe money that day. Try driving through the desert in the middle of summer w/o any a/c, then arriving at the airport and having to wait two days to fly home before you can take your first friggin shower. The dudes who sat next to me on that flight had to have been smellin my rank ass.
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